Financial Toxicity in Cancer Care: Implications for Clinical Care and Potential Practice Solutions

Cette étude passe en revue les articles évaluant les difficultés financières des patients atteints traités pour un cancer et de leur famille puis présente des pistes de réflexion pour réduire ces difficultés

Résumé en anglais

Patients with cancer face an array of financial consequences as a result of their diagnosis and treatment, collectively referred to as financial toxicity (FT). In the past 10 years, the body of literature on this subject has grown tremendously, with a recent focus on interventions and mitigation strategies. In this review, we will briefly summarize the FT literature, focusing on the contributing factors and downstream consequences on patient outcomes. In addition, we will put FT into context with our emerging understanding of the role of social determinants of health and provide a framework for understanding FT across the cancer care continuum. We will then discuss the role of the oncology community in addressing FT and outline potential strategies that oncologists and health systems can implement to reduce this undue burden on patients with cancer and their families.